EUHOMYIce Cube Maker Machine Countertop with External Water Tank, 34Lbs, 16Pcs Ready in 13 Mins, 2 Ways to Add Water, Auto-Cleaning, with Ice Scoop & Basket, for Home/Kitchen/Office/Bar (Black)

If you are looking for a counter top ice maker that can make solid cubes of ice instead of the hollow ones, look no further. It takes about 20 minutes to make a tray of ice, and about 2 or so hours to fill the ice dispenser full, but they are all solid cubes. The add on water storage makes operation super easy - fill it and forget about it for a little while. It appears to be a very well built and well-designed unit with no problems at all in it's operation (truly a plug and play with minimal cleaning and fuss). Considering the price of the hollow cube machines, this is well worth it for the ability to have solid ice that will last for several hours if not days depending on your beverage container. I put the ice into ziploc bags in the freezer so that the machine doesn't have to be in operation all day long (the ice will melt in the tray, and it will automatically turn back on to fill the holding tray when this happens).

The refrigerator ice maker crashed years ago, and I wasn't inclined to spend a lot of money on it. Since then, we buy two big bags of ice and run through them in a week, often still needing a couple of ice trays. In South Texas the two of use a lot of ice and would have liked to have used more but for fear of running out. No fears like than now. I think this machine could keep up with a large family in a warm climate, so long as someone kept the water tank filled.The product has been exceeding expectations. I can fill the old ice maker bucket every day with ease. I'll probably only run it all day about every third day. I could easily make and bag a LOT of ice for an event. I had increased the ice making time which is how you increase thickness, but have cut it back. At the maximum time, the sheet part of the ice that connects the cubes was too thick and hard to break. I cut the time back, and it makes blocks that fall apart when I drop them in the freezer bucket.It has reliably suspended operation when the bin is full and started right back up when it was emptied. And stopped when the water tank ran out and started when it was filled. I was easily able to force an ice dump. You can certainly hear it. Some compared it to their dishwasher. Maybe they had quiet dishwashers, but it's not nearly so loud as the last dishwasher I owned years ago. It's only a bit louder than the microwave. The ice has been high quality, pretty clear with just water from a Brita pitcher filter.This is in every way easier and more efficient than I expected. The ice bin will fill up long before there's much melt. It keeps frozen well, considering that the bin is not refrigerated.

So, the product works fine. It makes great ice! Except for the first round when starting the machine, the ice is virtually clear and definitely makes a difference in the appearance in cocktails or whiskey (etc). The ice thickness is settable. I found that a 3 or 4 suited my needs. I was able to run the "self clean" feature, make ice in different thicknesses and empty it when I was done. All in all, I would buy this again. For the money, it's a nice tool to have. The reason for the 4 stars is that I found the instructions hard to follow. It's almost like they tried to make these instructions difficult, because there are about a bazillion other ways that would have been more clear and about a quarter of those; more concise.Some detail notes:1. This is not freezer and will NOT indefinitely store the ice it makes. It makes ice. The frozen ice helps to maintain the cubes, but they will start to melt. The warmer the ambient outside machine temperature, the faster this will happen. Recommend to harvest the ice placing it your freezer as soon as the ice making cycle completes. The melting ice water is recycled through the machine to make more ice, but it makes ice faster than it melts - at least at 70 degrees F.2. It comes with a scoop for the ice, but not sure why that is necessary.3. It makes approximately 16, 1 inch cubes at a time. At level 4, I found these to be solid cubes. Level 3 had a slight indent on the top of the cube.4. The ice is solid, not crunchy at level 3 or 4. I didn't test it at a lower setting, but if you're looking for "crunchy" "bullet/pebble" ice, this isn't the machine for you. They sell those machines, but it is a different machine.

Love this ice maker! I previously had a bullet-style ice maker, and it was fine, but the ice melted very quickly, both inside the unit and in drinks. This takes a little longer to make ice, but it makes actual ice cubes that last longer, and the ice basket is much deeper so the ice takes longer to melt inside the unit. I cut it off before bed and when I get up in the morning, there is still ice leftover in the basket. I would repurchase this item over a bullet-style ice maker in the future. I had considered a nugget ice maker, but felt that this was a better deal for the price. In regards to noise levels, I think it is comparable to the nugget ice maker I had previously. I don’t find it loud or distracting, but you can definitely hear it running.

After I figured out how to move the clear container out and put it on the top of the machine, this worked great. My ice maker in my refrigerator stopped working and I have to have ice! This is a great option and it works quickly and relatively quietly. I love it.

This ice maker makes cube style ice. The ice maker it replaced was a bullet style ice maker. The ice in the new ice maker last a very long time where the bullet style melted way too fast. Bullet ice maker never shut off. This ice maker may be off 2 to 3 hours before having to make more ice. The water reservoir is very handy and easy to refill the ice maker. Cleaning cycle works great.

This ice machine makes blocks of ice with crevices where it’s supposed to be separated. The noise level is nice. Value would be fine if the ice was made like it should be. Seems to work fine. The reservoir on top is nice. I should have stuck with my original machine.

Makes ice fast but didn't even last a year,( bought in November) before it started to break down and make grinding noises. I cleaned this machine all the time, I only used purified water.